1963: The year that the wheels came off Bo Belinsky, and the rest of the surprising 1962 team. (PIctured: Jimmy Piersall tries to charge the home plate umpire.) (Sentence credit to Rob McMillin.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1964: The year that Dean Chance had a 1.65 ERA, and the best season ever for an Angels pitcher. (Pictured: A pile of ballplayers trying to retrieve the first ball thrown out by President Lyndon Johnson to open the season.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1965: The year that mega-hyped bonus babies Tom Egan and Rick Reichardt first played together. (Pictured: Reichardt, in 1968.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1966: The year that the Angels moved into the Big A. (Pictured: The Big A, seen at full capacity on the day of its opening, an exhibition game against the Giants.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1967: The year the Angels had 20 singles in one game. (Pictured: George Brunet.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1968: The year a bad Angels team folded in September, going 6-19 to end the season. (Pictured: Jim Fregosi.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1969: The year that the Angels fired the only manager they'd ever had, Bill Rigney. (Pictured: Rigney in 1966.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

1979: The year that the Angels finally made the playoffs, for the first time. (Pictured; Rod Carew, making his first appearance in Minnesota after joining the Angels.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1980: One year after making the playoffs, the worst year (by winning percentage) in team history. (Pictured: Freddy Patek.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1981: The year that Bobby Grich led the American League in home runs. (Pictured: Ticket sales were down because of the looming strike.) (Sentence credit to Matt Welch.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1982: The year they signed Mr. October, Reggie Jackson, but still choked away the ALCS. (Pictured: Jackson and Gene Autry.) (Sentence credit to Tom Robinson.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1983: The year that Fred Lynn hit the only grand slam in All-Star game history. (Pictured: Rod Carew, headband.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1984: The year that Mike Witt threw a perfect game on the final day of the season. (Pictured: Witt.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

1990: The year that Mark Langston and Mike Witt combined on a no-hitter. (Pictured: Dave Winfield, acquired in a trade mid-season.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1991: The year Kirk McCaskill almost lost 20 games, and would have if he hadn't sat out most of September. (Pictured: Dave Winfield.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1992: The year the team bus careened off the New Jersey Turnpike. (Pictured: A brawl between the Angels and the Mariners in September 1992.) (Sentence credit to Earl Bloom.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1993: The year Tim Salmon was the Rookie of the Year. (Pictured: Chad Curtis.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1994: The year that Angels in the Outfield came out. (Pictured: Chad Curtis, being ejected.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1995: The year they blew a huge lead, then made a miraculous comeback, before Randy Johnson shut them down in a one-game playoff. (Pictured: Pitchers in an open tryout, as teams contemplated using replacement players in case the strike didn't end.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1996: The year that Troy Percival became the closer. (Pictured: Gene Autry, leaving the owners meeting where the sale to Disney was approved.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR.

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1997: The year that Jim Edmonds made the catch. (Pictured: Shigetoshi Hasegawa.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1998: The year Terry Collins oversaw a September collapse by a team on the cusp of the postseason. (Pictured: A statue of Gene Autry.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

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1999: The year Mo Vaughn signed a huge deal, fell in the dugout, and was never quite the same. (Pictured: Randy Velarde.) AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR

If I told you "it happened the year that the Angels won the World Series," you'd know I was talking about 2002. If I said "it was the year Mike Witt threw a perfect game," you'd probably know I meant 1984.

There's something unique and memorable about each of the Angels' 50 seasons, a conclusion to the sentence "It was the year that the Angels..." Taken together, they give us a 50-year history of the Angels in 50 sentences. Click through to see what each season meant to the franchise, as succinctly as possible, along with historical photos from each season.

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